Christian music singer Kari Jobe took a tragic time in her and her family's life and channeled her grief into her most recent album, 2017's "The Garden."

Jobe, known for her songs "We Are" and "Forever," and her sister Kris were both pregnant in 2015. Seven and half months into her sister's pregnancy, she gave birth to a stillborn daughter, James Ivey.

Kari Jobe will perform on Oct. 8 at the Tennessee Theatre.

Kari Jobe will perform on Oct. 8 at the Tennessee Theatre.

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Jobe was four months pregnant at the time and said she wanted to isolate herself and grieve. Instead, she made time to write songs for a new album and shared her feelings with others.

"I scheduled to write with some of my best friends and just was like, 'I've got to write and I need you to help me find the words that my heart is feeling' 'cause I felt all kinds of things. I felt numb. I felt sad. I felt angry. I felt disappointed. I felt faith," Jobe said. "I felt hope 'cause I know the faithfulness of God and I knew I needed to ... declare truth from the word of God and truth over my situation and over my family more than I needed to just feel all the emotions I was feeling, you know ... Feelings are fleeting, but truth helps to change your heart and change your life."

Jobe said she kept her sister in mind every time she wrote for the album and penned songs to help people going through heartbreaking situations. So far, she has received emails from listeners who have said it's helped them.

The album also helped Jobe recover from the situation, and she gave birth to her son, Canyon, on Feb. 18, 2016. She said her family has healed, too.

"There's just been so much healing and so much grief that has gotten processed through, and there's still some to process through, but there's a lot more like joy now and a lot more peace, and we can laugh again, and it's a process," said Jobe. "I think people need to know it's a process when you go through something, but you will get through it. You just cannot isolate."

Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes will perform on Oct. 8 at the Tennessee Theatre.

Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes will perform on Oct. 8 at the Tennessee Theatre.

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The Garden Tour

Jobe kicked off the fall leg of the Garden Tour to promote her album on Thursday and will perform in Knoxville at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Tennessee Theatre.

She has been open about the events "The Garden" album was inspired by, and Jobe said that's made this tour special because people can relate to being heartbroken about different situations in life and heal with music.

"I have a song that's called 'The Garden' actually, and in the bridge it says, 'Faith is rising up, and hope is stirring deep inside me.' And I think as people hear something like that and they even whisper it, and they sing it or they say it, I think they can think, 'Wow, I can't believe I'm saying this because I don't necessarily feel this yet.' But I think the more you say something like that or declare something that's the opposite of what you feel, it ... changes you. It's powerful," Jobe said.

Jobe's husband, Cody Carnes, is joining her on tour and opening the shows. Carnes released an album, "The Darker The Night / The Brighter The Morning," in September. When they aren't on tour, the two lead worship at The Belonging Co. in Nashville.

"We've traveled together for years even before we were married, so it's very fun that he's actually opening not just like playing guitar for me on the stage, but he's doing all of his new songs," Jobe said. "He has an album that's out now, so that's going to be fun now that it's out 'cause we haven't toured with the album out yet."

Their son, Canyon, is also traveling with them on tour. Jobe said she's changed since having a son.

"For one, just being so grateful that I have him after walking through that with my sister," Jobe said. "It's such a gift to have a baby, so yeah just that, and I feel like it's taught me a lot about slowing down, just taking my time like if I'm in hurry. He doesn't do well with that ... he doesn't get it, and he's not the kind of kid that's in a hurry, so he just made me slow down and take my time and be patient, so it's been good."